EP0366236A2 - Herstellungsverfahren eines biegesteifen Dünnschicht-Sonnenzellen-Bandes - Google Patents

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EP0366236A2
EP0366236A2 EP89308543A EP89308543A EP0366236A2 EP 0366236 A2 EP0366236 A2 EP 0366236A2 EP 89308543 A EP89308543 A EP 89308543A EP 89308543 A EP89308543 A EP 89308543A EP 0366236 A2 EP0366236 A2 EP 0366236A2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the present invention relates generally to the manufacture of integrated circuits.
  • the present invention is a method for manufacturing flexible thin-film integrated circuits to prevent stress on the layer of semiconductor material when the circuit is flexed.
  • Integrated circuits are well known and can be manufactured using any of a number of known techniques.
  • Thin-film solar cells for example, can be inexpensively manufactured by depositing layers of semiconductor material on flexible substrates using glow discharge deposition and roll-to-roll processing techniques. Continuous roll processing on flexible, aluminum, stainless steel, tantalum, molybdenum, chrome, polyimide-coated stainless steel and polyimide substrates is known. Since solar cells fabricated on these substrates are flexible, they can be mounted to nonplanar objects.
  • flexible solar cells are mounted to the cylindrical surface of a battery so as to recharge the battery when it is positioned in ambient light.
  • Thin-film solar cells are flexed and bent when rolled up following their manufacture or applied to nonplanar articles.
  • One side of the flexed solar cell will be subjected to compressive forces while the opposite side will be stretched and placed in tension. If the semiconductor region or layer forming the solar cell photovoltaic device is at a location which is placed in either tension or compression, its electrical and physical properties can be detrimentally affected. It is known that bond distances in the semiconductor material can be altered and broken by these forces. The result is reduced solar cell efficiency.
  • the present invention is an improved method for manufacturing integrated circuits of the type having a flexible substrate, a layer of semiconductor material on the substrate, and an encapsulant layer over the semiconductor material.
  • the improvement is characterized by selecting thickness of the flexible substrate and/or the encapsulant layer as a function of the elastic moduli of the substrate and encapsulant layer so that the neutral plane (neutral stress/strain plane) of the integrated circuit is located near the layer of semiconductor material. Damaging stresses on the layer of semiconductor material are thereby prevented when the integrated circuit is flexed.
  • Solar cell tape 10 includes a thin-film semiconductor photovoltaic device 5 fabricated on a flexible substrate 3. An upper or active surface of photovoltaic device 5, the surface opposite substrate 3, is encapsulated by an optically transparent glazing 1. A layer of adhesive 2 can be used to bond glazing 1 to photovoltaic device 5. A layer of adhesive 4 is applied to a lower surface of substrate 3, opposite photovoltaic device 5. Solar cell tape 10 can thereby be adhesively affixed to a variety of objects.
  • the thickness of glazing 1, layers of adhesive 2 and 4, and substrate 3 are selected as a function of their flexural or elastic moduli so the neutral plane of solar cell tape 10 is located at the plane in which photovoltaic device 5 is located. Subsequent flexing of solar cell tape 10, as for example when it is rolled after manufacture or applied to a nonplanar article, will therefore result in minimal amounts of stress to photovoltaic device 5 and prevent detrimental flexion-caused physical and electrical effects.
  • Photovoltaic device 5 can be any flexible substrate having electrical and physical properties appropriate for the intended application. Conductive substrates such as thin stainless steel and insulating substrates such as polyimide are commonly used.
  • photovoltaic device 5 is an amorphous silicon device fabricated on a polyimide substrate 3.
  • Transparent glazing 1 can be any of a wide variety of known polymeric, solar cell encapsulants such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, poly(methyl) methacrylate (PMMA), ethyl vinyl acetate, or butyl acrylate.
  • Glazing 1 can be bonded to photovoltaic device 5 using any known adhesive 2 having appropriate optical and electrical properties.
  • an impact-modified PMMA layer of glazing 1 is bonded to photovoltaic device 5 using a silicone-based or acrylic-based layer of adhesive 2.
  • transparent glazing 1 can be direct-coated or thermal-bonded to photovoltaic device 5 without the need for a layer of adhesive 2.
  • Adhesive 4 can be any known adhesive, such as pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs), having appropriate properties.
  • PSAs pressure sensitive adhesives
  • transparent glazing 1, layer of adhesive 2, substrate 3, and layer of adhesive 4 are all characterized by an elastic or flexural modulus E1, E2, E3, and E4, and a thickness t1, t2, t3, and t4, respectively.
  • Elastic moduli also known as Young's moduli, are measures of the stiffness of the materials.
  • Elastic moduli E1-E4 i.e., E1, E2, E3 and/or E4 characterize the ratio of stress to corresponding strain when the associated material behaves elastically.
  • Typical or characteristic elastic moduli E for a variety of materials are listed below: STAINLESS STEEL: 30 x 106psi POLYMERS 1 x 103 - 1 x 106psi POLYIMIDE 3 x 105psi GLAZING 1 x 103 - 1 x 105psi
  • the present invention is based upon the realization that by selecting the thicknesses t1-t4 (i.e., t1, t2, t3 and/or t4) of the associated layers of materials 1-4 (i.e., materials 1, 2, 3 and/or 4) as a function of their respective elastic moduli E1-E4, solar cell tape 10 can be manufactured with its neutral (stress/strain) plane or moment located at the layer of photovoltaic device 5. Subsequent flexing of solar cell tape 10 will then result in no stress or strain within photovoltaic device 5, even as the layers of materials 1-4 on opposite sides of photovoltaic device 5 are subject to tensile and compressive forces.
  • photovoltaic device 5 Electrical and physical characteristics of photovoltaic device 5 will therefore be unaffected when solar cell tape 10 is flexed, rolled or mounted to a nonplanar object. Although optimum effects are achieved when the neutral plane is located at the plane of device 5, advantages are clearly obtained even if the neutral plane is positioned only near photovoltaic device 5. In general, if the neutral plane is positioned near the plane of device 5, to within a distance of twenty percent of the overall thickness of solar cell tape 10 (i.e. the sum of thicknesses t1-t4), significant advantages are obtained.
  • the neutral plane y of a multilayer article such as solar cell tape 10 is located using the principle of moments described by Equation 1.
  • E i elastic modulus of layer i
  • t i thickness of layer i
  • y i distance of center of layer i from a reference point
  • ⁇ indicates summation over the i layers.
  • Equation 2 is based upon the assumption that the thickness of photovoltaic device 5 is much less than any of thicknesses t1-t4.
  • t1-t4 of layers of material 1-4 can be selected as a function of their respective elastic moduli E1-E4 to place the neutral plane of solar cell tape 10 within the plane of photovoltaic device 5.
  • Known manufacturing techniques such as those described above can be controlled to produce solar cell tape 10 with materials 1-4 having the selected thicknesses t1-t4, respectively.
  • Solar cell tape 20 which can also be manufactured in accordance with the present invention, is illustrated generally in Figure 2.
  • Solar cell tape 20 includes a photovoltaic device 23 fabricated on substrate 22.
  • Photovoltaic device 23 is encapsulated on the side opposite substrate 22 by a layer of transparent adhesive/glazing 21.
  • Adhesive/glazing 21 is characterized by a flexural modulus E21 and a thickness t21.
  • Substrate 22 is characterized by a flexural modulus E22 and a thickness t22.
  • Substrate 22 and photovoltaic device 23 can be identical to their counterparts described with reference to solar cell tape 10. Pressure sensitive adhesives can be used for adhesive/glazing 21.
  • Solar cell tapes such as 10 and 20 manufactured in accordance with the present invention can be used in a wide variety of applications.
  • solar cell tape 10 is used in conjunction with a light-rechargeable battery such as that described in application Serial No. 07/165,488, filed March 8, 1988 and assigned to the same assignee as the present invention.
  • Other applications include light-powered decorator wall/outdoor clocks, calculators and other light-powered electronic device applications.
  • Solar cell tape 20 can be adhesively secured to the interior of automotive or other glass and used to power a variety of electrical devices or rechargeable batteries. Since the neutral plane of these devices is located at the plane of the photovoltaic device, they can be rolled following manufacture and/or mounted to nonplanar objects without detrimentally affecting the physical and electrical characteristics of the device.

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